Seaeeananteebenet ete niente omen ee ee | ‘SECOND “PLACEZGOES TO 1919 WITH ONLY _BRYN.MAWR, PA, APRIL 25, 1917. Price 5 Cents In spite of an extraordinarily interest- ing and varied program the recital by Miss Edith Wynne Matthison last Satur- day evening, given for the benefit of 1919’s Endowment Fund, was monotonous. It is well known that a dramatic recital is often disappointing and, although Miss Matthison’s uniformly deep pitched voice is highly successful in the portrayal of a single dramatic role, it was not satisfac- tory in the reading of many different poems. The recital cleared $240. Among the selections on the first half of the program were “The Child’s Grace”, by Robert Herrick, very simple and ap- pealing, and Coventry Patmore’s “The Toys”, which showed finely the remorse of the father, who, having sent his moth- erless boy to bed in a moment of anger, is now weeping over him and his pathetic little toys. In her recitation of Shelley’s “Skylark” Miss Matthison portrayed to her audience the poet, aspiring to the heights of song, but in trying for lyrical swiftness she missed the proper lightness of effect. The “Recessional” an Appropriate Encore In the latter half of the evening the se- lections most enjoyed by the audience were “A Musical Instrument”, by Mrs. Browning, “The West Wind” by John Masefield, and Kipling’s ‘“Recessional”, which Miss Matthison gave as an encore. In these poems Miss Matthison reached the height of dramatic expression of the whole recital. The poems from “The Gitanjali” by Ta- gore were typically oriental. The con- trast between the serious beginning and lighter ending was well conceived and rendered. Mr. King said of the recital that Miss Matthison was one of the few actresses with really good diction. THREE RECORDS BROKEN IN ,TRACK—SENIORS CAPTURE HONORS —_—_——_ HALF AS MANY POINTS By breaking three records and winning 95 points the seniors captured first place and a big margin in the preliminary track meet held last Saturday. The sopho- mores, showing up well in the dashes and hurdles, came out second with 40 points, but will have to contest the winners hotly in the final meet if they wish to cut down their long lead and get a chance at the championship. In several events the juniors were obliged to default and their consequent failure to secure a single place will prob- ably not be repeated next week when their entry list is complete. E. Downs and R. Cheney, who formerly starred for 1918 in the dashes, and P. Turle, who won third place as_individ- ual champion last year, were badly cuneiform tablet some time ago in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania and has since been working on. complete account of the creation. both sides. discovery at a meeting of the Oriental M. O'CONNOR TO MANAGE NEWS F. Buffum Chosen Business Manager M. O'Connor '18 was elected manag- ing editor of the News for next year at a meeting of the board on Monday. Miss O’Connor has been on the News since her sophomore year. She is vice-president of Self-Government and was class secretary sophomore year. F. Buffum '18 was elected business manager. She is a member of the Un- dergraduate Association Advisory Board. The two assistant’ business managers from the class of 1919, F. Clarke and C. Hollis, were chosen by competition several weeks ago. This new board will get out the next issue and goes into office to-day. 1912 SECURES GABRILOWITSCH TO PLAY FOR ENDOWMENT FUND Concert To Be in Cloisters—Sounding Board Will Be Built Ossip Gabrilowitsch, who will give a concert May 18th in the cloisters for the benefit of 1912’s Endowment Fund, is classed as “among the four or five leading pianists of the world”. When the Rus- sian Choir tried to give their concert in the cloisters last year the acoustics were too bad. 1912 plans to build a huge sounding board for the occasion. When Mr. Gabrilowitsch first visited this country fourteen years ago he was a player of “wonderful freshness and fire’, one critic has remarked, but his reputation was not made until a later visit. One of the most interesting of his recent exploits was a series of orchestra concerts given in Berlin and Munich be- fore the war illustrating the development of music from Bach to the present day. At the outbreak of the war Mr. Gabrilo- witsch, who with his wife (Clara Clem- ens, the contralto, a daughter of Mark Twain) was living in Munich, was ar- rested as a spy, but fortunately only de- tained a short time. They had to promise not to return to Germany until after the war. Several years ago Mr. Gabrilowitsch wore the usual artistic long hair, but an incident in Chicago convinced him that flowing locks were a source of danger. He was standing near a cigar lighter not well. Prompt investigation led to the discovery that his forelock was aflame. “Rub it out”, cried someone, but he real- ized that while he could play with his hair burned he could not play with his hands burned so he seized a handkerchief and put out the fire. “Since then I have visited the barber at prudently frequent intervals”, he said. ASSYRIAN TABLET DISCOVERED AND TRANSLATED BY DR. BARTON Dr. Barton has recently translated a which he discovered It proves to contain a In size it is about 5 x 3 inches and is written on Dr. Barton made public his (Continued on Page 3) Society this month. when a scream and an odor of something | burning made him realize that all was! |1918 GIVES “BEAU BRUMMEL ” |Four-Act Play Written for Mansfield “Beau Brummel”, a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch, will be given by 1918 as their Junior-Senior Supper Play on Friday and Saturday nights of this week. Virginia Kneeland will appear in the title réle. “Beau Brummel” was written by Clyde Fitch for Richard Mansfield and the idea of the play was Mansfield’s. It was first produced at the Madison Square Theatre on May 17, 1890. The 250th performance took place at the Garden Theatre, on January 30, 1891. Clyde Fitch spent a year in London getting local color for the play and studying the period from 1778 to 1840, when the historical Beau Brum- mel lived. Penniless and forgotten after long reigning in society Beau dies in a garret in the play as in real life. Automobiles are requested not to park behind the gymnasium or to drive up be- hind it except until eight o’clock, when the rear door of the gymnasium will be locked. After eight automobiles must drive round by the Gulph Road and enter through the Merion driveway. PASTOR FETLER THE BILLY SUNDAY OF RUSSIA PREACHES AT VESPERS Russian Girl Students Suicides for Lack of Aim in Life Pastor Fetler, the Billy Sunday of Rus- sia, who was sentenced to Siberia for holding tabernacle meetings in Petrograd, drew a vivid contrast between student conditions at Bryn Mawr and in the uni- versities of Russia. Fifteen thousand students, he said, live huddled in one building at the cost of 15 kopecks or 7% cents a day, while many who cannot attend the universities com- mit suicide for lack of aim in life. Pastor Fetler, who is in this country to arouse in- terest in work among war prisoners. in Germany and Austria, came here a con- vict under a four months’ sentence and re- turns a free man by the recent proclama- tion of religious liberty in Russia. FORMER BRYN MAWR STUDENT WANTS HELP FOR BABIES OF PARIS 1S DEPENDENT ON INDIVIDUAL GIFTS Helen Davenport Gibbons ex-’06, who is now doing war relief work in Paris among the children, has sent an appeal to Bryn Mawr College through the News to aid in her work. Since the war began she has taken care of 1300 children. Her work is entirely dependent on individual contribu- tions, and six dollars will clothe one child. Mrs. Gibbons is the wife of Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons, author of “The New Map of Europe”, and is herself an author. Her recently published “The Red Rugs of Tar- sus”, is a vivid and interesting description | of the Armenian massacres of 1909 from a fresh and unusual viewpoint, that of an outsider on the spot. Her admiration for the Armenians is intense and “The appeal on my sympathies”, she says, “made by the sufferings of the Armenians of to-day peauired that something should be done”. For her work in Paris Mrs. Gibbons wants money especially. Checks may be made out to her order and any supplies may be sent through the War Relief Clearing House, 133 Charieton Street, UNDERGRADUATES DO NOT BAR MERITLESS FROM PREPAREDNESS COURSES May Petition to Continue Patriotic Work MOTION AFFECTS TWENTY-FIVE The meritless will not be barred from preparedness courses by the student body, for the original decision advising that they be kept out was reversed at a sec- ond undergraduate meeting Monday noon. The vote taken at this meeting affects about twenty-five students, who will now petition the faculty to allow them to con- tinue the courses which they have begun. D. Shipley '17, president of the Asso- ciation, read a statement from the Under- graduate Board defending the power of the Association to keep the meritless out of preparedness classes. “There are two courses of appeal’, she said, “who may decide the question, and first comes the Undergraduate Association. The faculty acts as a higher court of appeal”. Last Week’s Meeting Transacts Odds and Ends of Business At the meeting held the Friday previ- ous Miss Shipley announced the cut sta- tistics, which show a much higher rate this semester than last. Twenty-nine stu- ‘|}dents have cut six times while last sem- ester only nine had cut six times. A sense of the meeting was suggested but not passed that the magazine room be moved down stairs to the present Christian As- sociation Library. The bad light in the C. A. Library was urged as a conclusive argument against such a change. A motion was proposed and almost unanimously defeated that the Associa- tion should regulate dress worn at plays where men. were admitted, with a special protest against jumpers. The prevailing opinion was that such a matter was one for individual taste and public opinion. DR. GRAY TRAINS FOR ARMY Will Leave Bryn Mawr Two Weeks Early Dr. Howard L. Gray is planning to leave Bryn Mawr on May 4th or 5th to enter one of the fourteen government camps of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Each of these camps purposes to give 2500 men three months of intensive training, and those who pass the final ex- aminations will probably receive coni- missions in the cavalry, infantry, artil- lery, or engineers. Preparatory to leaving Dr. Gray is giv- ing his classes two lectures instead of one each day. Free Sunday Afternoon Concert Next Week As an experiment two free concerts are being given on successive Sunday after- noons at the Academy of Fine Arts, the first last week and the second next Sun- day. If the venture proves successful such concerts will be given all next win- ter. This week the Schmidt quartet will play. The performers for these two concerts have volunteered their services, but the intention is that next year there will be a fund upon which the management will be New York. able to draw in case of need. Consrancs M. K. Arrianzs Exssnon Duuias '17 Mantaw O'Common ‘18 Karmaanre Houumar '18 Eximasera Hovonron ‘18 Gonpon Woovsurr '19 Awwa Dupacn ‘19 Farperica Howe. '19 Assistant Business Managers MARY STAIR, '18 FRANCES BUFFUM, ‘18 Subscriptions may begin at any time Gubsoription, $1.50 Malling Price, $2.00 ce =— “They Toll Not”! With the example of Beau Brummel, the “glass of fashion and the mould of form”, before us on Saturday evening, the decision of the Undergraduate Asso- ciation as to jumpers worn at plays seems heresy indeed. 1918 plans to station at the door a fashion expert who will censor all costumes in order that we may be quite A la mud and correct in every par- ticular’. Those arriving in deshabille can only exclaim, in the immortal words of the play: “Great Heavens! the bailiff”, and retire in confusion to their boudoirs. The Right of Eminent Domain Many events of late, both national and local, have conspired to point out the vir- tues of unanimity. President Wilson em- phasized it in his proclamation of April 17th: “The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve together”! This week’s Independ- ent, in an article entitled “United We Stand”, declares: “Never in the history of the United States have the people of this country entered a war with such unanimity of mind and given it such united support. In the days when an Englishman named George Washington took up arms against a German king called George III we were very far from being united. A large and influential part of the population took the Tory side and all through the Revolution the country was torn by dissensions. The War of 1812 was a sectional war. It was approved by a bare majority in Congress and New England threatened to secede because of it. The Mexican War was re- garded with abhorrence in the North— and the popular song of the day was: “Go, go, g0, Mr. Polk, you know, Bids you fight and kill and quell, Cut their throats and make them yell, Send their spirits down to hell, ”Y Conquer Mexico”! Again, in a recent question nearer home, the singlemindedness with which the whole college, faculty and students attacked preparedness was a strong ar- gument for taking common counsel. But no matter how united a nation or even a college may become there must still be division of powers. The action of the undergraduates in making deci- sions concerning “merits” looks like an infringement on the academic domain of the faculty which is not likely to prove of much value. The case of merits is too personal a one to be decided by a court partly composed of the culprits. wo tek Milan ot fas Oia ek the liberty of commenting upon the letter and editorial in the last number of your excellent paper regarding the use of the college grounds for the raising of food crops. The present movement to stimulate pro- duction and avoid waste is most com- mendable, but it is quite possible that such efforts may be misdirected and re- sult in an economic loss. ~ Let us suppose that the college grounds are planted with potatoes (which offer the greatest possibilities) and consider what would be the probable result. The college grounds have not been plowed for many years; the soil is hard and compact; tree roots extend close under the sod over much of it; there is a lack of humus, and when plowed it would be difficult to get a seed bed that would yield a fair crop. Several years of plow- ing and the addition of manure well plowed in would be necessary to secure this. Therefore, if it is decided to put a crop in this year, it would be necessary to use ground quite unprepared for the purpose. To get even fair results it would be nec- essary to add large quantities of potash fertilizers, and as these come only from Germany and the American stocks are al- most exhausted, this would be very ex- pensive, if not indeed impossible. It is my judgment, therefore, that any crop which is put upon the college grounds within the next year or two would be a disappointment. Another question which should be con- sidered is that of the labor which would be used in preparing the ground and tend- ing these crops. This would all have to be hired, as I should not expect the col- lege girls to do more than drop the:pota- by “some farmer. This farmer and his teams and plow and the men-who are employed later to care for the crop would be taken from farms where they could use their energies under better conditions and produce more than they could possibly produce on the college campus. I assume that it would not be proposed to use the college grounds in this way more than one or two or three years (in producing each time a disappointing crop) and at the end of that time the lawns would be restored. This would re- quire a large amount of labor which should be charged up against the experi- ment. Altogether, therefore, I feel that in making this venture the college itself would be contributing nothing and doing nothing of value to the community, but would, on the other hand, be diverting labor from useful occupations to an en- terprise that is exceedingly doubtful, to say the least. In my opinion, anyone who desires to aid in the present movement for national economy should consider what labor he or she is best fitted to undertake and do with. the worker’s own hands, and not at- tempt to direct labor in occupations which are entirely unfamiliar. I believe that the college girl can best help by continuing her course without being agitated by these efforts to find something unusual to do, and when her college year is over, take a hand in solving some of the domes- tic problems which she will find at home. Yours very truly, Charles G. Rupert. April 20, 1917. To the‘Editors of the College News: Now that my garden is waking up after the long winter, I venture to trespass on your space with an invitation to any mem- bers of the college to visit it at any time and investigate any corner of it, regard- less of whether anyone is there to give a personal welcome. C. A, Seott. IN PATRONIZING "As the husband of one Bryn Mawr girl| gia }| and the father of another, I am assuming tees when the ground ‘had been prepared | ADVERTISERS, PLEASE MENTION “THE COLLEGE NEWS" ties, from ten to fifty cents’ worth, on any week-day when conditions (of weather, growth, etc.) are favourable. For cash only. C. A. Scott. SCHOLARSHIP TO JUNIOR TO LIVE IN NEW YORK FOR JULY The Charity Organization Society of New York has invited a junior to be its guest in New York, living at one of the settlement houses and working under them for the month of July. The ex- penses including board and the railway fare from college to New York is given them. Eleven other students will also repre- sent eleven other colleges, the six women staying together in one settlement house and the men in another, and all meeting for discussion. The work will include taking a boy or girl to a dispensary, taking allowances to the aged, the finding of employment for the head of a family, and helping children, crippled, unemployed and sick. Saturday afternoons and Sundays will be free and recreations will be planned for the stu- dents so that they will see how the people of New York find their amusements. Any one interested should communicate with Dr. Kingsbury at once. English Peer Describes B. M. ————— Emphasizes High Standards of Exam- inations In a of a Recent Tour in Mh, ies near Havertord” and nite “stiff” entrance examinations and a “se- lect” membership. The quotation reads: “The third of the best-known colleges for women in America is Bryn Mawr, which is in Pennsylvania, near the univer- sity for men, Haverford. It was later in foundation than the other two colleges mentioned (Wellesley and Vassar) having come into existence in 1885. The princi- pal of Haverford, Dr, Isaac Sharpless, is on the governing board of Bryn Mawr, and both colleges are under the Society of Friends. It educates about four hun- dred girls, and its entrance examination is always stiff, so as to keep the members select as the space is limited”’. NEW HEAD PROCTORS IN OFFICE 1919’s new head proctors went into of- fice last Tuesday. E. Biddle who was elected from Merion, tendered her resig- nation at a hall meeting, saying that she was often away over the week-ends, and E. Carus was elected in her place. The new proctors are: Pem West, Marjorie Martin; Pem East, Frances Day; Rocke- feller, Marjorie Ewen; Denbigh, Augusta Blue; Merion, Clara Hollis; Radnor, Eleanor Marquand. B. M. CLUB OF NEW YORK INVITES SENIORS TO JOIN Initiation Fee Waived for Those Who Will Join Within One Year Seniors are now eligible to the Bryn Mawr Club of New York. By joining within one year of graduation they n not pay the initiation fees. There are three possible classes of memberships—resident, suburban {within forty miles of New York), and /non-resi- dent—all of which give the use of rooms and restaurant. The club hovse is situ- ated at 137 East Fortieth St ently near the Grand Central Station. Represented in Fiction A cosmopolitan collection of new books has gathered on the shelves of the New Book Room during vacation. Among the most important is the series of “Pelle the Conqueror”, comprising four volumes; . “Boyhood”, “Apprenticeship”, “The Great Struggle”, and “Daybreak”, by the Danish writer, Martin Andrew Nexé, translated by Jessie Muir and Bernard Miall. Al- though each is in itself a unified story, the four volumes when taken together de- scribe “a career of experiment, of search for the meaning of life—and a successful search”. It is a study of the labor move- ment as a whole through the story of the life of a Bornholm peasant. Other novels that are new for the li- brary are “Anna of the Five Towns”, by Arnold Bennett, and “The New Machia- velli’, by H. G. Wells. Here also are three works of Dostoevsky, “A Raw Youth”, “The Insulted and Injured”, and “The Eternal Husband and Other Sto- ries”, which have recently been translated by Susan Garnett. These translations are the first version in easy idiomatic Eng- lish that has been made of this “most deeply Russian of the Russians”. The Drama Criticized Among the new critical works there are three books on modern drama and drama- tists, two of which, ‘“Dunsany the Drama- tist”, by Edward Hale Bierstadt, and “The Contemporary Drama of Ireland”, by Er- nest A. Boyd, treat of Lord Dunsany. The former is a fascinating sketch of that Irishman’s works and personality, and the latter describes the movements and ten- dencies of modern drama in Ireland, and shows how “after long years of purely.. political struggle the soul of Ireland has once more found expression in literature”. In “The Contemporary Drama of Eng- land”, by Thomas H. Dickinson, the au- thor has taken a rather critical attitude in writing of the successes and failures of English drama from the accession of Vic- toria to the beginning of the Great War. ETHOS SUPREME Even though the substitution of women in the trade of printing would result, it is said, in more detailed and careful work, it could hardly result in-a- more supreme esthetic feeling than that evinced by the printer of the Lantern, who encouraged the editors to mark all the blank verse plainly, so that the compositor would not try to make “poetry” out of it. — = — A Typewriter Exceptional ee iy oe MULTIPLEX HAMMOND Two sets of type in each machine. “Just Tarn the Knob” Presto one or the other Simple—Compact—Portable Beautiful work—beyond 208 South 1lth Street, Philadelphia Consrancs M. K. Arrianzs Exssnon Duuias '17 Mantaw O'Common ‘18 Karmaanre Houumar '18 Eximasera Hovonron ‘18 Gonpon Woovsurr '19 Awwa Dupacn ‘19 Farperica Howe. '19 Assistant Business Managers MARY STAIR, '18 FRANCES BUFFUM, ‘18 Subscriptions may begin at any time Gubsoription, $1.50 Malling Price, $2.00 ce =— “They Toll Not”! With the example of Beau Brummel, the “glass of fashion and the mould of form”, before us on Saturday evening, the decision of the Undergraduate Asso- ciation as to jumpers worn at plays seems heresy indeed. 1918 plans to station at the door a fashion expert who will censor all costumes in order that we may be quite A la mud and correct in every par- ticular’. Those arriving in deshabille can only exclaim, in the immortal words of the play: “Great Heavens! the bailiff”, and retire in confusion to their boudoirs. The Right of Eminent Domain Many events of late, both national and local, have conspired to point out the vir- tues of unanimity. President Wilson em- phasized it in his proclamation of April 17th: “The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve together”! This week’s Independ- ent, in an article entitled “United We Stand”, declares: “Never in the history of the United States have the people of this country entered a war with such unanimity of mind and given it such united support. In the days when an Englishman named George Washington took up arms against a German king called George III we were very far from being united. A large and influential part of the population took the Tory side and all through the Revolution the country was torn by dissensions. The War of 1812 was a sectional war. It was approved by a bare majority in Congress and New England threatened to secede because of it. The Mexican War was re- garded with abhorrence in the North— and the popular song of the day was: “Go, go, g0, Mr. Polk, you know, Bids you fight and kill and quell, Cut their throats and make them yell, Send their spirits down to hell, ”Y Conquer Mexico”! Again, in a recent question nearer home, the singlemindedness with which the whole college, faculty and students attacked preparedness was a strong ar- gument for taking common counsel. But no matter how united a nation or even a college may become there must still be division of powers. The action of the undergraduates in making deci- sions concerning “merits” looks like an infringement on the academic domain of the faculty which is not likely to prove of much value. The case of merits is too personal a one to be decided by a court partly composed of the culprits. wo tek Milan ot fas Oia ek the liberty of commenting upon the letter and editorial in the last number of your excellent paper regarding the use of the college grounds for the raising of food crops. The present movement to stimulate pro- duction and avoid waste is most com- mendable, but it is quite possible that such efforts may be misdirected and re- sult in an economic loss. ~ Let us suppose that the college grounds are planted with potatoes (which offer the greatest possibilities) and consider what would be the probable result. The college grounds have not been plowed for many years; the soil is hard and compact; tree roots extend close under the sod over much of it; there is a lack of humus, and when plowed it would be difficult to get a seed bed that would yield a fair crop. Several years of plow- ing and the addition of manure well plowed in would be necessary to secure this. Therefore, if it is decided to put a crop in this year, it would be necessary to use ground quite unprepared for the purpose. To get even fair results it would be nec- essary to add large quantities of potash fertilizers, and as these come only from Germany and the American stocks are al- most exhausted, this would be very ex- pensive, if not indeed impossible. It is my judgment, therefore, that any crop which is put upon the college grounds within the next year or two would be a disappointment. Another question which should be con- sidered is that of the labor which would be used in preparing the ground and tend- ing these crops. This would all have to be hired, as I should not expect the col- lege girls to do more than drop the:pota- by “some farmer. This farmer and his teams and plow and the men-who are employed later to care for the crop would be taken from farms where they could use their energies under better conditions and produce more than they could possibly produce on the college campus. I assume that it would not be proposed to use the college grounds in this way more than one or two or three years (in producing each time a disappointing crop) and at the end of that time the lawns would be restored. This would re- quire a large amount of labor which should be charged up against the experi- ment. Altogether, therefore, I feel that in making this venture the college itself would be contributing nothing and doing nothing of value to the community, but would, on the other hand, be diverting labor from useful occupations to an en- terprise that is exceedingly doubtful, to say the least. In my opinion, anyone who desires to aid in the present movement for national economy should consider what labor he or she is best fitted to undertake and do with. the worker’s own hands, and not at- tempt to direct labor in occupations which are entirely unfamiliar. I believe that the college girl can best help by continuing her course without being agitated by these efforts to find something unusual to do, and when her college year is over, take a hand in solving some of the domes- tic problems which she will find at home. Yours very truly, Charles G. Rupert. April 20, 1917. To the‘Editors of the College News: Now that my garden is waking up after the long winter, I venture to trespass on your space with an invitation to any mem- bers of the college to visit it at any time and investigate any corner of it, regard- less of whether anyone is there to give a personal welcome. C. A, Seott. IN PATRONIZING "As the husband of one Bryn Mawr girl| gia }| and the father of another, I am assuming tees when the ground ‘had been prepared | ADVERTISERS, PLEASE MENTION “THE COLLEGE NEWS" ties, from ten to fifty cents’ worth, on any week-day when conditions (of weather, growth, etc.) are favourable. For cash only. C. A. Scott. SCHOLARSHIP TO JUNIOR TO LIVE IN NEW YORK FOR JULY The Charity Organization Society of New York has invited a junior to be its guest in New York, living at one of the settlement houses and working under them for the month of July. The ex- penses including board and the railway fare from college to New York is given them. Eleven other students will also repre- sent eleven other colleges, the six women staying together in one settlement house and the men in another, and all meeting for discussion. The work will include taking a boy or girl to a dispensary, taking allowances to the aged, the finding of employment for the head of a family, and helping children, crippled, unemployed and sick. Saturday afternoons and Sundays will be free and recreations will be planned for the stu- dents so that they will see how the people of New York find their amusements. Any one interested should communicate with Dr. Kingsbury at once. English Peer Describes B. M. ————— Emphasizes High Standards of Exam- inations In a of a Recent Tour in Mh, ies near Havertord” and nite “stiff” entrance examinations and a “se- lect” membership. The quotation reads: “The third of the best-known colleges for women in America is Bryn Mawr, which is in Pennsylvania, near the univer- sity for men, Haverford. It was later in foundation than the other two colleges mentioned (Wellesley and Vassar) having come into existence in 1885. The princi- pal of Haverford, Dr, Isaac Sharpless, is on the governing board of Bryn Mawr, and both colleges are under the Society of Friends. It educates about four hun- dred girls, and its entrance examination is always stiff, so as to keep the members select as the space is limited”’. NEW HEAD PROCTORS IN OFFICE 1919’s new head proctors went into of- fice last Tuesday. E. Biddle who was elected from Merion, tendered her resig- nation at a hall meeting, saying that she was often away over the week-ends, and E. Carus was elected in her place. The new proctors are: Pem West, Marjorie Martin; Pem East, Frances Day; Rocke- feller, Marjorie Ewen; Denbigh, Augusta Blue; Merion, Clara Hollis; Radnor, Eleanor Marquand. B. M. CLUB OF NEW YORK INVITES SENIORS TO JOIN Initiation Fee Waived for Those Who Will Join Within One Year Seniors are now eligible to the Bryn Mawr Club of New York. By joining within one year of graduation they n not pay the initiation fees. There are three possible classes of memberships—resident, suburban {within forty miles of New York), and /non-resi- dent—all of which give the use of rooms and restaurant. The club hovse is situ- ated at 137 East Fortieth St ently near the Grand Central Station. Represented in Fiction A cosmopolitan collection of new books has gathered on the shelves of the New Book Room during vacation. Among the most important is the series of “Pelle the Conqueror”, comprising four volumes; . “Boyhood”, “Apprenticeship”, “The Great Struggle”, and “Daybreak”, by the Danish writer, Martin Andrew Nexé, translated by Jessie Muir and Bernard Miall. Al- though each is in itself a unified story, the four volumes when taken together de- scribe “a career of experiment, of search for the meaning of life—and a successful search”. It is a study of the labor move- ment as a whole through the story of the life of a Bornholm peasant. Other novels that are new for the li- brary are “Anna of the Five Towns”, by Arnold Bennett, and “The New Machia- velli’, by H. G. Wells. Here also are three works of Dostoevsky, “A Raw Youth”, “The Insulted and Injured”, and “The Eternal Husband and Other Sto- ries”, which have recently been translated by Susan Garnett. These translations are the first version in easy idiomatic Eng- lish that has been made of this “most deeply Russian of the Russians”. The Drama Criticized Among the new critical works there are three books on modern drama and drama- tists, two of which, ‘“Dunsany the Drama- tist”, by Edward Hale Bierstadt, and “The Contemporary Drama of Ireland”, by Er- nest A. Boyd, treat of Lord Dunsany. The former is a fascinating sketch of that Irishman’s works and personality, and the latter describes the movements and ten- dencies of modern drama in Ireland, and shows how “after long years of purely.. political struggle the soul of Ireland has once more found expression in literature”. In “The Contemporary Drama of Eng- land”, by Thomas H. Dickinson, the au- thor has taken a rather critical attitude in writing of the successes and failures of English drama from the accession of Vic- toria to the beginning of the Great War. 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In this way a large class who might be a menace to the community are kept contented and self-supporting and prevented from leaving behind them an- other generation like themselves. To-night Mrs. Raymond Robins, Na- tional President of the Women’s Trade League, will talk on the protection and advancement of woman in industrial pur- suits. CAMPUS NOTES Dr. Crenshaw has advised all those tak- ing the Minor Chemistry course who wish to use their knowledge of chemistry in a preparedness course to learn stenography. He said that already positions were open in munition factories for stenographers who know something about chemistry. Dr. Savage read from the Western verse of Henry Herbert Knibbs at the English Club tea last /Wednesday, intro- ducing the selections/ with a preface by himself, in which he urged that the pur- suit of the modern be carried on with dis- crimination. The sophomores have voted to give up their class banquet and have a picnic to which everyone brings her own supper. The money saved will be devoted to War Relief. 1920 will have a reception in Rockefel- ler Hall with speeches and stunts instead of a class supper. Alice Harrison has been elected as toastmistress. Professor Benjamin Le Roy Miller, who is to give an illustrated lecture in Taylor on Friday evening, is Professor of Geology at Lehigh University. Dr. Miller was Associate in Geology at Bryn Mawr from 1903-07. Hilda Raetzmann, Fellow in German, has won a German Fellowship at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. By a recent decision of the Self-Gov- ernment Board graduates who are not yet twenty-five may act as chaperons to the Bryn Mawr movies. “Dream Life”, a poem by Mary Senior ex-’'18, has been published in the North American Review for March. Dr. Ferree read a paper on “Lighting in Relation to the Eye”, before the American Philosophical Society for Promoting Use- ful Information, last week. WOMEN IN EXECUTIVE POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL WORK Last Vocational Conference This Year At the last of the vocational confer- ences held in Taylor last Friday Miss Florence Jackson, of the Boston Bureau of Occupations for Trained Women, dis- cussed the executive positions open to women. The main requirements of an ex- ecutive, she said, are ability to control and keep happy the workers under her, a firm belief in the policy of her firm, and a thorough knowledge of her own job and of those of her assistants. Executive Committees, chosen by the Board from the members elected one from each class, have been announced. The committees will not be complete un- til next year’s freshman and graduate representatives are chosen in the fall. Committees are, chairmen leading: Membership—M. Thurman ‘19, T. How- ell 18, J. Cochran '20. Finance—K. Holliday ’18, A. R. Dubach 19, D. Pitkin ’20. Religious Meetings—J. Ridlon ‘18, J. Peabody ’19, I. Arnold ’20. Federation—A. Landon '19, K. Sharp- less 18, D. Smith ’20. » ‘Social Service—E. Lanier ‘19, F. Buf- fum '18, M. Dent ’20. Employment—L. Wood ‘19, E. Babbitt "18, M. B. Brown ’20. Bible and Missions—E. Davis ’20, L. T. Smith 18, D. Chambers 19. Sewing and Junk—M. Gregg ‘20, H. Whitcomb '18, J. Hall ‘19. Maids—M. Tyler '19, M. Gardiner '18, Z. Boynton ’20. Belgian Relief—E. Houghton Howell ’19, K. Clifford ’20. Bates House—I. Loeb '18, F. Clark ’19, M. Littell ’20. Red Cross—M. Strauss '18, G. Wood- bury ’19, L. Kellogg ’20. "18,.. F. IN PHILADELPHIA Broap.—"“The Country Cousin”. GarRRICK,—*"Fair and Warmer”. ForresST.—“Miss Springtime’’. Lyric.—*“So Long Letty”. ADELPH!I.— "Mother Carey's Chickens”, by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers. 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Fri., April 27 8.30 p. m.—Lecture before the Graduate _ Club in Taylor Hall by Dr. Benjamin Miller on South America. 8.00 p. m.—Junior-Senior Supper Play. Sat., April 28 9.30 a. m.—Second Track Meet. 8.00 p. m.—Junior-Senior Supper Play, public performance. Sun., April 29 : 6.00 p. m.—Vespers. Speaker, G. Wood- bury ’19. 8.00 p. m.—Chapel. Sermon by the Rev. H. E, Adrianse, of Englewood, N. J. Tues., May 1 8.45 a. m.—Announcement of Scholar- ships and prizes. Wed., May 2 8.00 p. m.—Founders’ Lecture by Dr. Rufus Jones, of Haverford College. Fri., May 4 8.00 p. m.—Song Recital by Dr. Thomas Ruth for the benefit of the Endowment Fund. Sat., May 5 8.00 p. m—Lecture by Dr. Lillian Welch, of Goucher College, Baltimore, on “American Women and Science”. Sun., May 6 6.00 p. m.—Vespers. Speaker, D. Ship- ley ’17. BUNTHORNE A PACIFIST ? THE SENTIMENTAL FASSION CON- SIDEREDHIN WAR TIMES Shortly after the performance of Pa- tience by the Glee Club, the following no- tice appeared in a daily paper entitled, “The Vegetable Fassion”. Bunthorne’s satire is turned to a use probably not intended by the author. “The main advance of the pacifist forces upon Washington is thus announced in a headline: ‘1000 Pacifists Bearing Tulips Go Crusading’ The tulip is ‘The Hague’s white flower of peace’. An inspiring sight, surely, at a time of national crisis. The mind instantly reverts to Bunthorne’s creed: Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion should excite your languid spleen. An affection A la Plato for a bashful young potato or a not-too-French French bean! : Though the Philistines may jostle, you will rank as an apostle in the high gesthetic band. If you walk down Piccadilly with a poppy or a lily in your medieval hand. And every one will say As you walk your flowery way, ‘If he’s content with a vegetable love which would certainly not suit me, Why, what a most particular pure young man this pure young man must be’! Tulips and twaddle! Heaven send us men”! ALUMNA NOTES Rose Marsh ‘08 has announced her en- gagement to the Rev. Jacob Simpson Pay- ton, of Ben Avon, Pa. The wedding will take place in June. Jean Stirling "12 was married last week to Mr. Stephen Gregory at St. John’s, Washington, D. C. Julie Benjamin ‘07 (Mrs. Roger How- son) has a daughter born last month. Margaret Prussing ‘11 (Mrs. Albert Le Vino) has a son born last January. Margaret Blodgett ex-’07 has started a business in Massachusetts as curator for private libraries. For yearly contracts, the cataloguing, classifying, buying for, and general maintenance of, private li- braries is attended to. Alice Hearne "13 has announced her en- gagement to Jullus Rockwell of Taunton, Mass. Miss Hearne is a sister of G. Hearne ‘19. MME. BIELER TRACES GROWTH OF Tv _ FRENCH SPIRIT uP TO TO-DAY That of a Woman. To “a fair, intelligent, captivating woman” who has at last found herself, Madame Charles Biéler likened France when she spoke last Friday evening in Taylor .on “The Soul of France”. From the dawn of history down to the present war, Madame Biéler traced the develop- ment of the nation’s human qualities. “In the old forests of Gaul”, she said, “Baby France was born”. In a little while her life became better organized and she moved into a feudal chateau. Presently, realizing the rudeness of her life she turned her chateau into a dwelling of the Renaissance. Starving her people to in- crease her allowance she followed the ad- vice of her ministers, “une foi, une loi, un roi”, August, 1914, Brings Salvation “In 1870”, continued Madame Biéler, “France, a practical, scheming woman, was shaken to the depths by the declara- tion of the Franco-Prussian war. Pa- triotism became a mere superstition, sci- ence shook men’s faith in religion. From this nightmare France awoke at the be- ginning of the twentieth century and for a few years enjoyed renewed health and vigour until on the second of August, 1914, the war cloud once more overshad- owed her. Then, confident, strong, united, her sons shouldered arms and marched to the front, while their nation, tem- pered by years of trial, suffers and waits in patience, assured that success will come, And thus, we hope, France is sav- ing her soul”, Madame Biéler, who has four of her own sons and two adopted boys now fight- ing for France, then told of the work her sister has done, first in reuniting refugee families separated in the flight to Paris, and now in the care of the wounded “poilus”’. FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK IN CHAPEL Remaining Awards To Be Made May Day President Thomas announced the nomi- nations for fellowships and for scholar- ships affecting present graduate students, Bryn Mawr graduates, and seniors in chapel last Thursday. ~The announce- ments were made at this time so that students could make their plans for next year. The remaining undergraduate scholarships and prizes will be announced as usual on May Day. Five seniors have won scholarships. They are: Social Economy, Eleanor Dulles 17, first matriculation scholar from New England and an editor of the News; Greek, Marjory Milne ’'17, first matricula- tion scholar from the Western States; Economics, Bertha Greenough '17; Phil- osophy, Amelia MacMaster ‘17, Special Bryn Mawr Scholar; Psychology, Istar Haupt ’17. Scholarships awarded to Bryn Mawr alumnze and to graduate students are: English, Eva Bryne ‘16, Scholar, Bryn Mawr; History of Art, Alice Franklin, Scholar, Bryn Mawr; Geology, Isabel Smith '15; Social Economy and Social Research, Helen Ross and Inez Neterer, Scholar, Bryn Mawr. Foreign Scholarships: British, Dorothy Everett, Scholar, Bryn Mawr; Mabel Kit- son, Scholar, Bryn Mawr; Margaret Clarke, Francesca Stead, Marguerita Pol- lard. Fellowships: Greek, Lucy Powell; Latin, Louise Adams, special European Fellow of Bryn Mawr and student in Rome; English, Esther Dunn, Instructor in English, Bryn Mawr; German, Olga Marx; Semitic Languages, Beatrice Al- lard, Fellow, Bryn Mawr; History, Mar- garet Woodbury, Fellow, Bryn Mawr; Economics, Helen Adair; Social Economy, Carola Woerishoffer, Fellow, Agnes Byrnes, Susan B. Anthony Memorial Scholar, Bryn Mawr; Psychology, Mary Almack, Fellow, Bryn Mawr. The Development of France Compared to oe Smart Dresses, $7.50 up ye 112 South 17th Street E. 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